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Kansas said he plans to retire for going to a difficult reelection bid. he announced his decision at the kansas farm bill to passage weeks ago. listen. >> i am announcing i will serve the remainder of this term as your senator, fighting for kansas in these troubled times. however i will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth senate term. >> and a gop source said the party is looking at recruiting kansas stative and susht secretary of state mike pompeo to run for the seat. no indication if he wou...

That i wouldnt do that. >> im committed to protecting people with pre-existing conditions. >> i should mention that every single one of those republican candidates in the clip that you just saw has taken action, droekt action by either voting to kill the affordable care act or by joining lawsuits to kill it with an express goal of ending obamacares protections for people with pre-existing conditions, all of them. so why are they suddenly acting like they loved obamacare? joining me is my washing...

To derail the gravy train of special interests by ending obamacares twisted incentives that actually encourage higher drug prices. it also gives medicare part d plans new tools to negotiate lower prices for more drugs and make sure that medicare part d incentives encourage drug companies to keep prices low. theres a big incentive to do that. we are not going to reward companies that constantly raise prices, which in the past has been most companies. frankly, alex used to run one of them so nobod...

By the way, because some members of his administration and republicans on capitol hill were really urging not to do that. >> and since this was a promise of his and this was supposed to be the game changer, as you say, zeke, its important to note hand we know this having -- i certainly know this having covered obamacare. there are so many stake holders in these negotiations. this idea of prescription drug prices was the big fight was sort of left for another day, even in obamacare. explain why t...

Everyone involved in the broken system, the drug makers, insurance companies, distributors, pharmacy benefit managers and many others contribute to the problem. government has also been part of the problem because previous leaders turned a blind eye to this incredible abuse. but under this administration, we are putting american patients first. [applause] thank you. i have instructed secretary azar to begin moving forward on reforms that will bring soaring drug prices back down to earth. our pla...

More detailed information of all of the elements of the presidents plan. so thank you very much. [applause] >> president trump: thank you, everybody. thank you very much. >> dana: president trump and the secretary of health and human services alex azar finishing up the presidents speech on lowering drug prices for americans. with me now is josh, a politics editor at the national journal. you say this is timely. you were at a town hall yesterday where it was not just drug prices but healthcare wa...

Interests by ending obamacares twisted incentist isis isives y encourage higher drug prices. it also gives medicare part d plans new tools to negotiate lower prices for more drugs and make sure that medicare part d incentives encourage drug companies to keep prices low. it is a big incentive to do that. we are not going to reward companies that constantly raise prices, which in the past has been most companies. frankly, alex used to run one of them. so no one knows the system better than alex. t...

You saw that there. he loves props. the white house likes to point to this as a campaign promise they can say theyve truly fulfilled, when so many have not been. there is still no massive health care plan. certainly ending obamacare. certainly, you know, made progress on taxes but thats not a done deal yet and still doubt whether that will get done and a number of other things the president hasnt fulfilled and this is one he said he can. a lot of regulations wiped out. his team believed, sparkin...

Plan is. well, short of ending obamacare. >> he clearly rails against the costs. the co the costs of meds, the costs of insurance. but his actions this week only push us further away from solutions so lets start there. last week president trump delivered what many could be a mortal blow to obamacare by cutting off csrs, cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers which subsidize coverage for low income americans. this week a bipartisan agreement was reached by senators lamar alexander and patty ...

Fighting each other instead of doing what we should do is fighting democrats and electing more republicans so we can deliver on president trumps agenda. steve bannon is absolutely wrong on. this its all about term limits and electrics are term limits. >> they need to get this job done faster, move forward. need to fight for what this president wants to do. >> thats what theyre doing, yeah. steve: alex, what percentage of republican establishment members of congress are 100 percent on the trump t...